Crane Lake
MU 1-10, Vancouver Island
50.1422° N, 125.4642° W
- Surface area
- 12.4ha
- Elevation
- 246m
Open Crane Lake in the appThe 7-day forecast, max depth and wildfire smoke check, on the lake's own coordinate.
Crane Lake at a glance
- Region
- Vancouver Island
- Management unit
- MU 1-10
- Species
- Coastal Cutthroat Trout, Rainbow Trout
- Lake size
- Small Water (< 50 ha)
- Ice fishing
- Open to ice fishing, confirmed
- Coordinates
- 50.1422, -125.4642
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How to fish Crane Lake
Best times of year at Crane Lake
- May - June
- September - October
Crane Lake fishing regulations
Trout catch and release; bait ban, single barbless hook. Source: Province of British Columbia
Getting to Crane Lake
3.1 km of traced road to the shore by way of LG011 FSR and Little Goose FSR. The road at the end is a rough surface. It stops 400 m short of the shore.
Coordinates: 50.1422, -125.4642
The ice year at Crane Lake, modelled
Modelled from air temperature, not an ice report. It says nothing about whether ice will hold you.
In the model Crane Lake froze in 65 of the 65 winters since 1960. Freeze-up falls most years between 28 November and 1 January, and ice-off between 6 February and 11 April. The median winter freezes on 13 December and opens on 19 March.
the middle half of modelled winters the median ice cover in the median winter
Winter 2024-25 in the model: frozen from 1 February 2025 to 26 February 2025, 25 days.
Crane Lake is open to ice fishing under the regulations on file.
Whether a lake is open to ice fishing says nothing about whether its ice will hold you. Ice conditions vary year to year and across a single lake. Check locally before going out, every time.
Crane Lake climate, 1960 to 2025
Averaged over a year, the air above Crane Lake is 1.0 C warmer than it was in the 1960s. That is 66 years of daily readings, not a forecast.
- +1.0 Csince the 1960s
- 5.6 Caverage year now
- 4.5 Caverage year then
- -29 daysbelow freezing, change
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
each yearthe trend across 1960 to 2025
This week at Crane Lake
The forecast on this lake's own coordinate, refreshed through the day. The app reads these seven days for fishing and scores each one.
| Day | Sky | High / low | Wind | Rain | Pressure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 20 Oct | Partly cloudy | 16° / 3° | 10 km/h, gusts 20 | dry | Steady |
| Wed 21 Oct | Overcast | 14° / 3° | 6 km/h, gusts 13 | dry | Falling (-6.1 hPa) |
| Thu 22 Oct | Overcast | 12° / 3° | 16 km/h, gusts 39 | dry | Rising (+4.8 hPa) |
| Fri 23 Oct | Overcast | 12° / 1° | 10 km/h, gusts 23 | dry | Rising (+8.5 hPa) |
| Sat 24 Oct | Dense drizzle | 7° / 5° | 7 km/h, gusts 17 | 11 mm | Falling (-1.1 hPa) |
| Sun 25 Oct | Overcast | 15° / 2° | 5 km/h, gusts 14 | dry | Falling (-1.8 hPa) |
| Mon 26 Oct | Overcast | 15° / 5° | 3 km/h, gusts 9 | dry | Steady |
Trout lakes near Crane Lake
- Morton Lake 2 km away
- Mohun Lake 3 km away
- Comida Lake 5 km away
- Twin Lake 5 km away
- Crescent Lake 5 km away
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